The STAAR tests evaluate student knowledge and skills learned throughout the school year and determine student preparedness for the next grade level. Corpus Christi ISD officials offer advice for ...

HISD parent Carly Trevino has always been against state standardized testing, including STAAR assessments. Her children, twins who are now in fourth grade, were homeschooled until she learned ...

House Bill 4, which aims to replace the STAAR exam, passed the Texas Senate late Tuesday night with bipartisan support in a 23–8 vote. The bill, backed by state Sen. Paul Bettencourt ...

STAAR is even unable to measure how much a student learns and grows over the course of one school year, writes Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde. A little after 2:30 a.m. last Wednesday ...

The STAAR tests evaluate student knowledge and skills learned throughout the school year and determine student preparedness for the next grade level. Corpus Christi ISD officials offer advice for ...

House lawmakers are proposing to replace the state’s annual STAAR exams with a series of tests given throughout the year under a plan they say would reduce the exams’ high-stakes nature and ...

April 8 kicks off the first round of STAAR testing across Texas. STAAR stands for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness. It's a state testing program that has been in place for ...